Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer, carpenter
• Reference Number: 111

Notes:

CENSUS: 1850 on ancestry.com. Henry V. 4. b. in Missouri; living with Simeon, 42; Elvira S. 39; Emma E. 11; Robt. W. 6; Joseph M. 1. location: Weston, Platte, Missouri

CENSUS: 1860 on ancestry.com. Henry 14; b. in Missouri; living with Simeon no age given; Elvira no age given; Robert 16; Joseph 10. location: Stranger, Leavenworth, Kansas

CENSUS: 1865 (Ks) on ancestry.com. Henry18, farm laborer, b. in Kentucky; living with S. 56; Mrs, 52; Robt M 22, Joseph16, Emmett Emory 27, Eliza Emory 7. location: Stuben township, Leavenworth, Kansas

CENSUS; 1870 on ancestry.com. H.V., 24, day laborer, b in Missouri; living with Simeon, 61; Elvira 57; Jospeh M 22; Sarah17. location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas.

CENSUS (Kansas) 1875: on ancestry.com. H.V., 28, b in Missouri, living with wife S.22, and daughter Artia 1. location: not listed on census form.

CENSUS 1880: on ancestry.com. Henry V, 33, b. in Kentucky, occupation: farmer, living with wife Sarah26 and 3 daughters: Artie6, Nettie4, Maggie2. location: Hayes Township, Franklin County, Kansas

CENSUS (Kansas) 1895: H.V. 48, b. in Kentucky, living with wife 42 and 2 daughters: Nettie19 and Maggie17. location: Hayes Township, Kansas

CENSUS 1900: on familysearch.org. Henry V., 53, b June 1846 in Kentucky, occupation: carpenter, married 30 years, living with wife Sarah47 and daughter Nettie24. location: Hayes Township, Franklin County, Kansas

CENSUS (Kansas) 1905: on ancestry.com. H.V., 58, living with wife Sarah52 and daughter Annette 29. Their grandson, JohnV.Drenner, 8, was also living there at census time. location: not listed on census form (on index, it is listed as Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas).

CENSUS 1910: on familysearch.org. Henry V., 64, married 40 years. living with wifeSarah57 and daughter Annette34. Sarah's nephew, JessT.Wright, 33, was boarding with them. location: Precinct #2, Shoshona County, Idaho

CENSUS (Kansas) 1915: on ancestry.com. H.V. 66, living with wife Sarah60. Another couple, M.B. Griffis71 and his wife, MaryA.Griffis,69 were also living with them. location: not listed on census form (index lists location as Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas).

CENSUS (Kansas) 1925: on ancestry.com. H.V. 78, b in Kentucky, living with his wife Sarah, 72. location: not listed on the census form (index lists location as Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas).

DEATH 1926: Missouri State Board of Health, Henry V. Scruggs,b. June 30, 1846 in Kentucky, d. Dec. 17, 1926 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, cause of death: uremic poisoning, enlarged prostate.

BURIAL 1926: findagrave.com. Deid Dec. 17, 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri. Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial# 124107126.


Occupation:
According to Censuses, his occupation was
1865 - Farm Labor
1870 - Day Laborer
1880 - farmer
1900/1910 - carpenter

Died:
Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial# 124107126.

Henry married Sarah WRIGHT on 22 Mar 1870 in Platte City, Platte, Missouri, USA. Sarah (daughter of William WRIGHT and Mary MCKITRICK) was born on 3 Feb 1853 in Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA; died on 1 May 1946 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Artemesia Estelle SCRUGGS was born in 1874 in Kansas, USA; died in 1944 in Homewood, Franklin, Kansas, USA.
2. Annette SCRUGGS was born on 1 Mar 1876 in Kansas, USA; died on 10 Jun 1952 in Kansas, USA.
3. Margaret SCRUGGS was born in 1878 in Kansas, USA; died in 1987 in Kansas, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer
• Reference Number: 107

Notes:

HISTORY: SIMEON SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.3.6), "son of Thomas Scruggs, Jr., by his wife Judith Buford, married Eloise [sic] Herndon, by whom he had issue, Mary Shipp, a noted beauty of Leavenworth, Kansas." (Scruggs Genealogy by Ethel Hastings Scruggs Dunklin; La Plante and Dunklin Printing Co., 1912, p.71)

HISTORY: "Dec. 18, 1856, Capt. W. S. Murphy, who with Simeon Scruggs, established the pioneer saw mill in Leavenworth that sawed the lumber from which the town was built, died at Weston." from December Events, Scrap (online source) http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/leavenwo/library/Scraps/Scraps10.htm, accessed August 12, 2013

HISTORY: from Wichita Daily Eagle. 6 Jun 1884 Atchison, KS. Known in Leavenworth, KS as Captain Simeon Scruggs. Simeon Scruggs and William S. Murphy owned a Leavenworth sawmill (1854). After the death of W.S. Murphy, the sawmill closed, about 1859. Simeon them moved to Kickapoo.
One of the earliest and most valuable institutions of Leavenworth, in the way of buildings, which commenced to flourish at this time, was the saw mill of Murphy & Scruggs, at the mouth of Three-Mills Creek, north side. Capt. W. S. Murphy and Capt. Simeon Scruggs were partners and completed the mill in the fall of 1854, so that they were able to issue the following advertisement in October: "Murphy & Scruggs have erected and have in successful operation at Leavenworth, K. T., a large steam saw mill of the most approved model and with all the recent improvements. They are ready to fill bills for lumber of every description and in quantity at the shortest notice and on favorable terms." This was the first saw mill not only in the county, but in the Territory. Although they made considerable money, the death of Capt. Murphy, and subsequent legal complications, so disarranged and consumed the partnership property that Capt. Scruggs lost nearly all his share in Leavenworth and retired to his farm near Kickapoo.

CENSUS: 1840. on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, aged 30-40. Location: Gallatin County, Kentucky

CENSUS: 1850 on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, 42, farmer, b. in Kentucky, living with Elvira S. 39; Emma E. 11; Robt. W. 6; Henry V. 4; Joseph M.1 Scruggs. Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri

CENSUS: 1860 on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, no age given, no occupation b. in Kentucky; living with Elvira no age given; Robert 16; Henry 14; Joseph 10 Scruggs. Location: Stranger, Leavenworth, Kansas

CENSUS: 1865 (Ks) on ancestry.com. S. Scruggs, 56, b. in Kentucky, occupation: farmer, living with Mrs, 52, Robt M 22, Henry18, Joseph16, Emmett Emory 27, Eliza Emory 7 Scruggs. Location: Stuben township, Leavenworth, Kansas;

CENSUS; 1870 on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, 61, b. in Kentucky; occupation: farmer, living with Elvira 57; Jospeh M 22; H.V. 24; Sarah 17 Scruggs. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

CENSUS: 1880 on ancestry. Simeon Scruggs, 71, b. in Kentucky; living with his son/daughter-in-law:Joseph 31, Susan 25, and children:Walter B 2, Herndon 1, Martha 1 mo. Scruggs. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

HISTORY: On Findagrave.com. Memorial of son Joseph Murphy Scruggs gives copies of his obituaries; these mention the father Simeon Scruggs.

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Name:
Simeon was the 6th son listed in Dunklin (p. 42-43); there were also 3 daughters. Birth dates given for only first 2 sons.

Simeon married Elvira S. HERNDON about 1830 in Kentucky, USA. Elvira (daughter of Richard Wyatt HERNDON and Catherine BRANHAM) was born in 1811 in Kentucky, USA; died on 1 Dec 1872 in Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 196

Notes:

CENSUS: 1850 on ancestry.com. Elvira S. Scruggs, 39; b. in Kentucky, living with Simeon, 42; Emma E. 11; Robt. W. 6; Henry V. 4; Joseph M. 1 Scruggs. Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri.

CENSUS: 1860 on ancestry.com. Elvira Scruggs, no age given; b. in Missouri [likely an error]; living with Simeon no age given; Robert 16; Henry 14; Joseph 10 Scruggs. Location: Stranger, Leavenworth, Kansas

CENSUS: 1865 (Ks) on ancestry.com. Mrs Scruggs, 54, b. in Kentucky; living with S. 56; Robt M 22, Henry18, Joseph16, Emmett Emory 27, Eliza Emory 7 Scruggs. Location: Stuben Township, Leavenworth, Kansas

CENSUS; 1870 on ancestry.com. Elvira Scruggs, 57, keeping house, b. in Kentucky; living with Simeon, 61; Jospeh M 22; H.V. 24; Sarah 17. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

BURIAL: findagrave.com. Died Dec. 1, 1872. Buried in Kickapoo Memorial Cemetery, Kickapoo, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial #37216754.

Died:
Buried in Kickapoo Cemetery, Kickapoo Cemetery, Kickapoo, Kansas. Findagrave Memorial #37216754.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 198
• _MILT: SAR 43845

Notes:

HISTORY: Dunklin says that Thomas (reference I.4.3.3) "moved to Kentucky with his father and brothers in 1793-94 and settled there on the 'Scruggs Place'. The Scruggs Place was located in Scott County, Kentucky, where Thomas settled with his five grown children (with the exception of his son Gross, who returned to Virginia). He gave to each, adjoining tracts of land near 'Lndsay Station' aout twelve miles from the city of Frankfort, and known to this day as the 'Old Scruggs Place'." (Dunklin, p.32)

THOMAS SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.3), "second son of Thomas Scruggs, was born in Virginia. He married in Bedford County, Virginia, March 1, 1787 (by the Rev. Jeremiah Hatcher), Judith Buford, the daughter of Captain James Buford and Elizabeth Bramlett, and a sister of Elizabeth Buford, who had married William Scruggs. Thomas Scruggs went to Kentucky with his father and brothers in 1793-94, and settled there on the 'Scruggs Place.' He had issue: William, Thomas Buford, John, Abraham, Valentine, Simeon, Elizabeth, Pamelia, Nancy". (Dunklin p.42-43)

Wikitree adds some birth and death dates: ThomasBuford-b1790 in VA/dMar1850 in Jo Daviess, Illinois, Permilia-b1790 in VA/dSept5,1829 in Carrollton, Carroll, KY, John-b1795/d 1829, William-bJun7, 1797 in KY/dSept8,1870 in Owen,KY, Nancy-b1801 in VA/d1870 in New LIberty, Owen KY, HenryValentine-b1805 in Scott Co., VA/ (more info on hiswifeAnna Elizabeth Sinclair, son Marcellus and his wife Amanda Harlow), Simeon [see this database], Abraham [see this database], Elizabeth and Betsy - no known data, then Nancy#2-b1823 in KY.

MARRIAGE 1787: on Virginia, Marriages 1785-1940. Thomas Scruggs married Judith Buford in 1787 in Virginia.

Birth:
SAR membership application lists his birth date as 1760 and death as 1828.

Thomas married Judith BUFORD on 1 Mar 1787 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA. Judith (daughter of James Daniel BUFORD and Elizabeth BRAMLETT) was born about 1767 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA; died in 1854 in Scott County, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 199

Notes:

Research note: A family tree on familysearch.org says she was born in 1767. Another family tree on ancestry.com has birthdate as 1776; that would make her just 11-12 when she got married. (jan19,2016, ts)

HISTORY: (Dunklin. p. 42) THOMAS SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.3), "second son of Thomas Scruggs ... married March 1, 1787 (by the Rev. Jeremiah Hatcher), Judith Buford, the daughter of Captain James Buford and Elizabeth Bramlett, and a sister of Elizabeth Buford, who had married William Scruggs."

MARRIAGE 1787: on Virginia, Marriages 1785-1940. Thomas Scruggs married Judith Buford in 1787 in Virginia.

Note: One Ancestry Family Tree (Marc Taylor Family Tree, accessed March 29, 2020) says she died in 1854. It references "Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965", Film 994054, 526 pages. It is not indexed, but it says the following:
- a female Scruggs, a widow, 88 years old, b in Virginia, residing in Scott Co, KY, daughter of xx & Eliza Buford, died in Scott County, Ky possibly on Dec. 26?, cause of Death - apoplexy. Although it does not name this person, the stats fit Judith Scruggs, née Buford. p. 291. (The deaths in Scott County in 1854 are on pages 289-294.)


Died:
p.291 of 526.

Notes:

Married:
Viriginia, Marriages, 1785-1940, reference pg 218, FHL micorfilm 30,591.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: doctor
• Reference Number: 398

Notes:

MARRIAGE ;
HISTORY: The will of Catherine Hurndon [sic] lists her children: Elvira, Martha, Marian, and Horace. Catherine's husband and Marian's father was Rich W Wyatt (Kentucky, County Marriages).

BURIAL 1820:

Thomas Herndon m. Mary Polly Shipp. (2nd marriage) Mary was daughter of John Shipp and Sally Johnson.
1st marriage was to William Lawrence Buckley Feb.14, 1785. 2nd marriage was on Jan. 2, 1786.
ch: Sarah Catherine Herndon
ch: Nathaniel Herndon
ch: John Herndon
ch: Richard Wyatt (1788-1820) m Catherine Branham (1792-1856)
ch: Elvira (1811-1872) m Simeon Scruggs (1808-aft1884)
ch: Martha (1812-1886) m Lewis Calvert (1804-1882)
ch: Horace B. (1816- ) m Martha Kennedy. Martha also married John McDonald
(from My Genealogy Home page) Martha was daughter of Charles Kennedy and Mary Boone.
ch: Blair Herndon
ch: Marion (1818- ) m William Noel

Others:
Thomas M Herndon, (husb of Catherine, son of John and Mary Herndon), 1776-Dec.17, 1853 b./d. Goochland, Virginia
Richard W Herndon, (husb of Frances40, father of Ellen20, Eliza J.18), Mar.41806- (on 1850 census as age 44, living in Woodford, Kentucky) // d. Feb.10, 1851, Franklin County, Kentucky, (FaG) hsb of Frances E. Lane 1808-1880 (13873831)
Thomas Herndon, (husb of Mary with 3 children: Maranda22, ThomasJ.20, Cathn18) listed on 1850 census in Lee township, Platte, Missouri

Richard married Catherine BRANHAM. Catherine was born in 1792 in Virginia, USA; died on 14 Aug 1856 in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 396

Notes:

CENSUS 1830: on familysearch.org. Catherine. [should be c. 43.] location: not listed on the census. (note: index says location is Scott, Kentucky.) The marks in the columns do not seem to match the existing family members.
free white males 20-29 - 1 [son Horace,14?]
free white fem. 20-29 - 1 [likely daughter Marian 12. Both Martha and Elvira appear to be married at this point. So only Marian and Horace still at home. Richard gone.)
free white fem. 30-39 - 1
free white fem. 60-69 - 1

CENSUS 1850: Cathn, 68, b. in Virginia, living with son Horace34. location: Lee Township. Platte County, Missouri

BURIAL 1856 or later: Missouri Wills, written in 1856. Info on Martha Herndon's Findagrave memorial (#18206049) gives date of Catherine's death as 1854, but she signed her will in 1856.


Died:
Info on Martha Herndon's Findagrave memorial (#18206049) gives date of Catherine's death as 1854, but she signed her will in 1856. Kansas Historical Quarterly says she died in 1856 in Platte County, Missouri.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 200

Notes:

HISTORY: This Thomas is reference I.4.3 in Dunklin. Dunklin does not mention the name of his first wife. That comes from Ancestry family trees. Their children are listed as William, Elizabeth (Betsy), Thomas Jr., Martha (Patsy), Gross. (See Dunklin, p. 26,31-32.)

"Thomas Scruggs, after the death of his first wife, and about the year 1793-94, went to Scott County, Kentucky, with his five grown children, and settled them there (with the exception of his son Gross, who returned to Virginia). He gave to each, adjoining tracts of land near "Lindsay Station," about twelve miles from the city of Frankfort, and known to this day as the "Old Scruggs' Place." He gave, in addition, to his eldest son, William, two valuable slaves, man and wife, named Kiah and Joan, who had been among his own, trusted, faithful servants, and who were said to possess unusual sagacity, common sense and loyalty. These slaves, or their increase, continued in the family some time after the close of the Civil War. Thomas Scruggs returned from Kentucky to Virginia prior to 1798, and was married there to Jane Scott, the daughter of Walter Scott of Bedford County, by whom he had issue: Reaves Scott born in Bedford County, Virginia, November, 1799, Richard Mitchell, born in Bedford County, Virginia, 1802." (Dunklin, p. 32)

"Thomas Scruggs' will was dated November 17, 1801, and probated in Bedford County, Virginia, October 22, 1804, in which he leaves his real and personal estate to his loving wife Jane, and at her death to be equally divided between her two children. To the elder son Reaves Scott, at his majority, he bequeathes two negroes, man and wife, named Sampson and Joannah. He appoints his son Gross Scruggs and his wife Jane Scruggs, executors.
The will is sealed, signed and delivered in the "presents" [sic] of Abner Ferrel, Henry Buford, Sr., Ursley G. Scott." (Dunklin, p.33)

Thomas married Susannah HUGHES about 1762. Susannah was born in 1744 in Virginia, USA; died in 1810 in Sinks Grove, Monroe, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 260

Notes:

Dunklin does not mention the name of the first wife of Thomas (ref, I.4.3.). The name (Susannah Hughes) comes from Ancestry family trees. Their children are listed as William, Elizabeth (Betsy), Thomas Jr., Martha (Patsy), Gross. (See Dunklin, p. 26,31-32.)

NOTE: Thomas remarried in 1797 to Jane Scott. But, if Susannah died in 1810, this means that she and Thomas divorced. Is that what happened? Some Ancestry family trees do not list Thomas' second wife. There are also conflicting dates about his death and about Susannah's brith date.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 419

Notes:

HISTORY: (Dunklin, p.40) the wife of William Scruggs (Ref. 1.4.3.1), Eilzabeth Buford, was daughter of Captain James Buford and Elizabeth Bramlett. William's brother Thomas Scruggs married Judith Buford, Elizabeth's sister.

Notes: there are numerous lists of descendants found in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 and also in U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1889-1970. Found on ancestry.com.


Name:
James' family name is spelled "Beauford" in some documents.

James married Elizabeth BRAMLETT in 1761 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William BRAMBLETT and Elizabeth CALLOWAY) was born on 9 Aug 1739 in Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 6 May 1814 in Scott, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 420

Notes:

HISTORY: Dunklin (p.40) says that the wife of William Scruggs (Ref. 1.4.3.1), Eilzabeth Buford, was daughter of Captain James Buford and Elizabeth Bramlett.

Name:
Last name also appears as Bramblett.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 423

Notes:

2015: Information on Thomas Herndon, his wife Mary Shipp and his son Richard Wyatt Herndon, who married Catherine Branham, is available on services.dar.org. Thomas's number is A103584.

There is another Thomas M Herndon, (husb of Catherine, son of John and Mary Herndon), 1776-Dec.17, 1853 b./d. Goochland, Virginia. Data from familysearch.org.

Thomas married Mary SHIPP on 2 Jan 1786 in Great Crossing, Scott, Kentucky, USA. Mary was born in 1765 in Fauquier, Virginia, USA; died in 1845 in Stamping Ground, Scott, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 424

Notes:

2015: Information on Thomas Herndon, his wife Mary Shipp and his son Richard Wyatt Herndon, who married Catherine Branham, is available on services.dar.org. Thomas's number is A103584.